BROWNSVILLE - RightQuest LLC has broken ground on the first phase of Bella Vista Apartments, its third multifamily project in the Rio Grande Valley.

Bella Vista's first phase consists of 128 units, with the first units set to deliver in April 2014. The second phase also includes development of two three-acre commercial pad sites fronting Ruben M. Torres Sr. Blvd. Bella Vista itself is along Ruben M. Torres Sr. Blvd., near SH 48 and southwest of SH 511.

The second phase could encompass anywhere from 130 units to 170 units, according to RightQuest president Ryan Harden. Construction will begin on phase two when the first phase is 50 percent leased. The project is being developed on behalf of JJR Group Ltd.

There are only two other Class A, market-rate apartment complexes in the area, Las Palmas and La Mansion, both of which came online in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

In May, the company launched construction on the first phase of Villages at Sugar Road in Edinburg, and has just completed the 180-unit Villages at Paso Real in San Benito, which is 95 percent occupied.